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the fbi had been tipped off by an associate. agents supplied el khalifi with a vest of inert materials. the gun was rigged not to work. sources tell abc news, it's a sobering reminder there's a pool of disaffected people right here in the u.s., with little prompting, are willing to kill. so-called lone wolves, often radicalized on the internet. >> there's still a group of people in the united states who spontaneously can become terrorists, without any real communications connection to al qaeda. >> reporter: the fbi has arrested more than 50 suspected radicals in the u.s. in the last 3 years. how serious was the plot? diane, the fbi said the suspect went to a west virginia quarry and blew up a real bomb to get an idea how destructive his suicide vest would be. after it detonated, he allegedly wanted a bigger explosion. >> pierre, i keep wondering how many more of these can they continue to catch? are they sure he didn't have other allies here? other ties? >> reporter: there's other people they looked at. right now, they believe t
the fbi had been tipped off by an associate. agents supplied el khalifi with a vest of inert materials. the gun was rigged not to work. sources tell abc news, it's a sobering reminder there's a pool of disaffected people right here in the u.s., with little prompting, are willing to kill. so-called lone wolves, often radicalized on the internet. >> there's still a group of people in the united states who spontaneously can become terrorists, without any real communications connection to al...
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new fbi files reveal, his fame came with a cost. just three years later, jobs was the target of an extortion plot. a man threatening to blow up jobs' home, unless jobs paid him $1 million. no bombs were found. but a scary day. that was jobs' first fbi file. but not his last. the fbi conducted a background investigation of jobs in 1991 after he was nominated to the white house export council. he got the job. but not before the fbi turns up some interesting personal nuggets. jobs told the fbi he had experimented with marijuana, hashish and lsd in college. his grade point average was 2.65. jobs openly admitted he wasn't a good college student, either. >> i never graduated from college. and this is the closest i've ever gotten to a college graduation. >> reporter: jobs has admitted he could be difficult and demanding, which was borne out by what some friends and colleagues told the fbi. one calling him deceptive and willing to twist the truth. another colleague calling him narcissist narcissistic. but adding he had far-reaching vision.
new fbi files reveal, his fame came with a cost. just three years later, jobs was the target of an extortion plot. a man threatening to blow up jobs' home, unless jobs paid him $1 million. no bombs were found. but a scary day. that was jobs' first fbi file. but not his last. the fbi conducted a background investigation of jobs in 1991 after he was nominated to the white house export council. he got the job. but not before the fbi turns up some interesting personal nuggets. jobs told the fbi he...
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the fbi currently has 1,800 pending cations. today, the fbi released undercover surveillance coverage so you can see firsthand just what greed looks like in a money laundering and insider trading case. >> you're not fbi or sec, right? >> who? >> the two of you, we're okay, right? >> i'm the cia. >> reporter: now gecko, i mean douglas, is asking wall street insiders to snitch on corporate bandits. >> if a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is. >> reporter: pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> gordon gecko gets his badge. and still ahead, the startling medical headline tonight about sleeping pills and the risk of death. what was the real story? and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms... by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your docto
the fbi currently has 1,800 pending cations. today, the fbi released undercover surveillance coverage so you can see firsthand just what greed looks like in a money laundering and insider trading case. >> you're not fbi or sec, right? >> who? >> the two of you, we're okay, right? >> i'm the cia. >> reporter: now gecko, i mean douglas, is asking wall street insiders to snitch on corporate bandits. >> if a deal looks too good to be true, it probably is....
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then, the fbi pounced. the fbi took him into custody and seized khalifi's van from the parking garage. this afternoon, they searched a home in suburban virginia, where el khalifi had met with undercover agents. >> it's scary. it makes you not want to trust people. >> reporter: the government's charges says khalifi was angry because the u.s.'s war on terrorism was really a war on muslims. he also considered targeting restaurants, u.s. military offices, and a synagogue. eventually he settled on today's suicide bombing attack on the u.s. capitol. but it was all a sting. the fbi had been tipped off by an associate. agents supplied khalifi with a vest of harmless, inert materials. the gun was rigged not to work. sources tell abc news, it's a sobering reminder there's a pool of disaffected people right here in the u.s., who with little prompting, are willing to kill. so-called lone wolves, often radicalized on the internet. >> even if al qaeda and pakistan and afghanistan are destroyed, there's still a group of p
then, the fbi pounced. the fbi took him into custody and seized khalifi's van from the parking garage. this afternoon, they searched a home in suburban virginia, where el khalifi had met with undercover agents. >> it's scary. it makes you not want to trust people. >> reporter: the government's charges says khalifi was angry because the u.s.'s war on terrorism was really a war on muslims. he also considered targeting restaurants, u.s. military offices, and a synagogue. eventually he...
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the fbi calls the men self-proclaimed anarchists. this case also demonstrates that the threat we face is a diverse one. that terrorism can come in many hues, and from many homelands. >> reporter: the fbi recorded one of the suspects allegedly talking about his hatred of corporate america. authorities say they have him on tape saying taking out the bridge in the business district would cost the big wigs a lot of moneney. prosecutoralso say they had other targets as well. if convicts of the bridge plot, the men could face up to 25 years in prison. pirts thomas, abc, news washington. >>> there was a bruising personal criticism today of 81-year-old rupert murdoch, one of the most powerful business titans in the world. british lawmakers declared in a scathing report that he's quote, not a fit person to run a major global organization. the report says he showed willful blindness to the misconduct throughout his empire, including bribing public officials and hacking private phone conversations. murdoch wrote his shareholders, he is working
the fbi calls the men self-proclaimed anarchists. this case also demonstrates that the threat we face is a diverse one. that terrorism can come in many hues, and from many homelands. >> reporter: the fbi recorded one of the suspects allegedly talking about his hatred of corporate america. authorities say they have him on tape saying taking out the bridge in the business district would cost the big wigs a lot of moneney. prosecutoralso say they had other targets as well. if convicts of the...
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>> reporter: diane, an official tells abc news tonight,s the fbi discovered hundreds, if not thousands, of e-mails between david petraeus and paula broadwell on her computer, an affair that petraeus is claiming did not begin until he left the army. a friend close to petraeus says the general was "shocked and surprised" to learn broadwell had been sending anonymous threatening e-mails to jill kelley, the petraeus family friend who was so alarmed by the e-mails, she called the fbi. those friends also tell us the general's wife, holly petraeus, is furious with her husband. you see her here at his confirmation hearings back in august of 2011, broadwell sitting just a few seats away. petraeus insists they weren't having an affair then, which leads us to the first big question -- when did the affair begin? petraeus' friends claim it started around november 2011, two months after he took over the cia, an important point, since he could be tried under military law for adultery. >> it didn't begin when he was in the army. >> reporter: but many who know the general suspect it began months earlie
>> reporter: diane, an official tells abc news tonight,s the fbi discovered hundreds, if not thousands, of e-mails between david petraeus and paula broadwell on her computer, an affair that petraeus is claiming did not begin until he left the army. a friend close to petraeus says the general was "shocked and surprised" to learn broadwell had been sending anonymous threatening e-mails to jill kelley, the petraeus family friend who was so alarmed by the e-mails, she called the...
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he is on 72-hour hold, watched by the fbi tonight. >> a medical mystery. thanks. >>> now we turn to another brand new video now in the trayvon martin case. abc news has pictures now at the man in the center of the spotlight, in the center of the debate. >> reporter: in exclusive video obtained by abc news tonight, you can see george zimmerman in handcuffs, walking into the sanford police department to be questioned. this is the first time we've seen him the night of the shooting. zimmerman is wearing that red fleece jacket described by witnesses that night. he claimed he shot trayvon in self defense -- that martin attacked him. something directly contradicted by the only person who heard it all. until this moment. >> what is -- >> gunshots. >> reporter: tonight, abc news spoke with martin's 16-year-old girlfriend, dee dee. she describes being on the phone with martin as he described zimmerman following him. >> he was walking to fast, and he said, this man is about to do something to him. and then he said the man is still behind him and then i said, run. >>
he is on 72-hour hold, watched by the fbi tonight. >> a medical mystery. thanks. >>> now we turn to another brand new video now in the trayvon martin case. abc news has pictures now at the man in the center of the spotlight, in the center of the debate. >> reporter: in exclusive video obtained by abc news tonight, you can see george zimmerman in handcuffs, walking into the sanford police department to be questioned. this is the first time we've seen him the night of the...
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and today the fbi provided a wake-up call that there may be radicals among us. anwar al awlaki was the world's most wanted man, public enemy number one, encouraging radicals to attack america in his online preaching. the u.s. killed him in a drone strike in 2011, but today we learn awlaki is still helping to recruit terrorists from the grave. overnight the fbi announced charges against four californian men accused of plotting to go to afghanistan to bomb and kill u.s. soldiers. they were disciples of awlaki. >> there was an extensive amount of their admiration for him and, quite frankly, idolizing anwar awlaki. >> reporter: the alleged ringleader, sohiel kabir was a former member of the u.s. air force. the fbi claims the terror cell conducted training and went to shooting ranges and bought tickets to travel to afghanistan through mexico. >> this was a violent extremist network. we took this very, very seriously. >> reporter: according to the fbi's charges, one of the alleged terror cell's members had posted violent extremist media including audio files of awlaki
and today the fbi provided a wake-up call that there may be radicals among us. anwar al awlaki was the world's most wanted man, public enemy number one, encouraging radicals to attack america in his online preaching. the u.s. killed him in a drone strike in 2011, but today we learn awlaki is still helping to recruit terrorists from the grave. overnight the fbi announced charges against four californian men accused of plotting to go to afghanistan to bomb and kill u.s. soldiers. they were...
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the fbi investigating what is being called lawmakers gone wild. an official trip to one of the holiest places on the planet that became a drunken late-night swim in the sea of galilee. here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: today, another republican on damage control. >> alcohol was not a factor on the decision to jump in. it was more a spontaneous thing. clearly a mistake. >> reporter: that mistake, a skinny deep in the sea of galilee, caught the attention of the fbi and has given congress yet another black eye. even paul ryan today called his behavior unbecoming of a member of congress. it happened on an official delegation. 30 republicans visiting the holy site and meeting with top israeli officials. majority leader eric cantor was on the trip. that's the skinnydipping congressman, kansas republican kevin yoter meeting israeli president simon perez. the trip took a bizarre after dinner and wine at a restaurant on the shore of galilee. whereas, first reported by politico several republican congressmen and staff decided go for a late-night swim. som
the fbi investigating what is being called lawmakers gone wild. an official trip to one of the holiest places on the planet that became a drunken late-night swim in the sea of galilee. here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: today, another republican on damage control. >> alcohol was not a factor on the decision to jump in. it was more a spontaneous thing. clearly a mistake. >> reporter: that mistake, a skinny deep in the sea of galilee, caught the attention of the fbi and has...
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tonight, look at this fbi photo. now, the suspect, deceased, after taking his own life when police arrived. and those girls are free, shielded behind a giant white sheet. their mother and older sister did not survive the ordeal. abc's yunji de nies on the scene all day where authorities spoke just a moment ago. >> reporter: the little girls missing for 13 days were in the middle of the mississippi woods. they had not eaten for days, held captive by a man the fbi considered one of the most dangerous criminals in america. and then, the turn in the case. acting on a tip that came in in the middle of the night, a team of 31 mississippi officers, some of whom had just finished their training, were not quietly moving in, on the woods where they believed they would find the little girls being held in a hunting camp by adam mayes. minutes in, as they peered through the trees, they found what they were looking for, those girls lying on the ground, peering up at the officers who had saved them. and adam mayes dropping to his k
tonight, look at this fbi photo. now, the suspect, deceased, after taking his own life when police arrived. and those girls are free, shielded behind a giant white sheet. their mother and older sister did not survive the ordeal. abc's yunji de nies on the scene all day where authorities spoke just a moment ago. >> reporter: the little girls missing for 13 days were in the middle of the mississippi woods. they had not eaten for days, held captive by a man the fbi considered one of the most...
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what is the fbi saying about it? >> my sources say it's an incredible coincidence. so far, they still think it's sabotage. primarily because there were four separate flights those sandwiches made their way on to. >> all right. plot thickening on that one. >>> and now, we turn to your money and signs of life on wall street today. the dow closed up nearly 80 pointed, spurred by chairman ben bernanke who testified before congress today. here's what he said about the future of the economy. he said unemployment will stay at 7% or higher through 2014. but he said the housing market is showing moderate growth and he promised that the fed is ready to take action if the economy falters more. from lawmakers including new york senator chuck schumer chastised bernanke and told him to act now to, quote, get to work. >>> and those weren't the only sparks flying on capitol hill today. one of the ten biggest banks operating in america, the british bank, hsbc was under fire for using their bank to enable drug lords, even suspected terrorists. abc's chief investigative correspondent
what is the fbi saying about it? >> my sources say it's an incredible coincidence. so far, they still think it's sabotage. primarily because there were four separate flights those sandwiches made their way on to. >> all right. plot thickening on that one. >>> and now, we turn to your money and signs of life on wall street today. the dow closed up nearly 80 pointed, spurred by chairman ben bernanke who testified before congress today. here's what he said about the future of...
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you talked to fbi, homeland security. what are they saying? >> reporter: they are confident they can handle this. >> they make their promise to you. if they warn their families, they are going to warn their families. >> reporter: these would not let that go, they say. >> okay, brian ross, thank you. >>> and now, the secret service scandal and new accusations that agents had hired prostitutes before. another presidential trip, this one, in el salvador. the agency has launched yet another internal investigation amid concern there is an emerging culture of secrets. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: first a scandal involving the secret service hiring prostitutes in colombia. now authorities are investigating new allegations about sex with prostitutes in el salvador prior to a march 2011 presidential trip. a government contractor tells a seattle tv station that he accompanied secret service personnel to strip clubs where he witnessed them drinking heavily. he says at least two of the men brought prostitutes back
you talked to fbi, homeland security. what are they saying? >> reporter: they are confident they can handle this. >> they make their promise to you. if they warn their families, they are going to warn their families. >> reporter: these would not let that go, they say. >> okay, brian ross, thank you. >>> and now, the secret service scandal and new accusations that agents had hired prostitutes before. another presidential trip, this one, in el salvador. the agency...
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he is on 72-hour hold, watched by the fbi tonight. >> a medical mystery. thanks. >>> now we turn to another brand new video tonight, this one in the trayvon martin case. abc's matt gutman obtained pictures today of the man in the center of the spotlight, in the center of the argument and debate, the man who allegedly killed martin while patrolling the neighborhood. >> reporter: in exclusive video obtained by abc news tonight, you can see george zimmerman in handcuffs, walking into the sanford police department to be questioned. this is the first time we've seen him the night of the shooting. you see him here being frisked. he is wearing that red fleece jacket described by eyewitnesses that night. he claimed he shot trayvon in self-defense -- that martin attacked him. punching him and slamming his head on the ground. but take a closer look at this video. no visible blood on his head, clothes. we know he didn't go to the emergency room that tonight. and he is well built, hardly the portrait of this mug shot. tonight, abc news spoke exclusively with martin's
he is on 72-hour hold, watched by the fbi tonight. >> a medical mystery. thanks. >>> now we turn to another brand new video tonight, this one in the trayvon martin case. abc's matt gutman obtained pictures today of the man in the center of the spotlight, in the center of the argument and debate, the man who allegedly killed martin while patrolling the neighborhood. >> reporter: in exclusive video obtained by abc news tonight, you can see george zimmerman in handcuffs,...
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the fbi investigating what is being called lawmakers going wild. one of the holiest places on the planet that became a drunkle swim in the sea of galilee. >> reporter: today, another republican on damage control. >> it was more of a spontaneous thing. clearly a mistake. >> reporter: that mistake, a skinny deep in the sea of galilee, caught the attention of the fbi and has given congress yet another black eye. even paul ryan today called his behavior unbecoming of a member of congress. it happened on an official delegation. 30 republicans visiting the holy site and meeting with top israeli officials. majority leader eric cantor was on the trip. that's the skinnydipping congressman, whereas first reported by politico several republican congressmen and staff decided go for a late-night swim. some jumped in with all their clothes on. congressman yoder with no clothes at all. the sea of galilee is a popular vacation spot in israel, but also a place of great significance for christians. it's where jesus gave the certainlien on the mount. where he fed peo
the fbi investigating what is being called lawmakers going wild. one of the holiest places on the planet that became a drunkle swim in the sea of galilee. >> reporter: today, another republican on damage control. >> it was more of a spontaneous thing. clearly a mistake. >> reporter: that mistake, a skinny deep in the sea of galilee, caught the attention of the fbi and has given congress yet another black eye. even paul ryan today called his behavior unbecoming of a member of...
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the fbi says this 21-year-old man from bangladesh is under arrest, accused of plotting to blow up this building, the one with the red roof. the federal reserve bank here in new york. the man did not know he was being tracked by an fbi sting and abc's dan harris has this developing story at this hour. dan? >> reporter: diane, good evening. police say this morning, the suspect parked a van that he thought was loaded with 1,000 pounds worth of explosives, in front of the building behind me, then walked several blocks away and made a cell phone call that he believed would set it all off. prosecutors say the suspect -- a 21-year-old named quazi mohammad rezwanul ahsan nafis -- moved to america from bangladesh in january of this year, specifically to carry out a terror attack. they say when he got here, nafis started trying to recruit accomplices, claiming he had al qaeda connections, and justifying the killing of innocents by quoting "our beloved sheikh osama bin laden." what nafis did not know was that one of the people he contacted was an undercover fbi agent, who supplied him with 20 50-
the fbi says this 21-year-old man from bangladesh is under arrest, accused of plotting to blow up this building, the one with the red roof. the federal reserve bank here in new york. the man did not know he was being tracked by an fbi sting and abc's dan harris has this developing story at this hour. dan? >> reporter: diane, good evening. police say this morning, the suspect parked a van that he thought was loaded with 1,000 pounds worth of explosives, in front of the building behind me,...
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a further look by the fbi into kelley's e-mails revealed hundreds between kelley and allen, 20,000 to 30,000 pages of communications in all. but a source familiar with the e-mails say they contain no evidence of a sexual relationship, something allen strongly denied. instead, the e-mails are described as friendly, perhaps flirty, but routine, mostly about meetings with ambassadors and dinner parties. in one note kelley tells the general she saw him on tv. he responds, "thanks, dear, you're a sweetheart." many e-mails were from kelley to general allen's wife. the two couples were good friends. >> until someone proves otherwise, i believe that he did nothing inappropriate. >> reporter: today the white house says the president obama still has faith in petraeus and allen. federal agents descended on the home of paula broadwell, gathering more material including a desktop computer, making sure she doesn't hold any classified information. and dave petraeus, once such a public hero, now forced into the shadows. while there is plenty of anger over petraeus' behavior with paula broadwell, the
a further look by the fbi into kelley's e-mails revealed hundreds between kelley and allen, 20,000 to 30,000 pages of communications in all. but a source familiar with the e-mails say they contain no evidence of a sexual relationship, something allen strongly denied. instead, the e-mails are described as friendly, perhaps flirty, but routine, mostly about meetings with ambassadors and dinner parties. in one note kelley tells the general she saw him on tv. he responds, "thanks, dear, you're...
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and sources say, the fbi found evidence the younger brother had been monitoring recent fbi sting cases, so authorities say infiltrating the alleged conspiracy was a nonstarter. >> and pierre, i know this is still a developing story, but any indication of how many others might be involved? >> reporter: diane, this case is active and ongoing. they are looking at potential suspects overseas and there could be more arrests right here at home. >> okay, pierre is standing by to bring us all the breaking details as they happen. >>> and, we turn next to news today about the changing climate. hurricane season ended today, and it is official. this was the third worst season since records began 161 years ago. in a typical year, there are 12 named storms. this year, we had 19. among the monsters like isaac in the gulf and sandy in the east. tonight, abc's dan harris tells us what this means for the future. >> reporter: a surge of storms pummelling the american coastline. watch this year's busy hurricane season play out in just seven seconds. one storm, piling on after the other. leaving people who
and sources say, the fbi found evidence the younger brother had been monitoring recent fbi sting cases, so authorities say infiltrating the alleged conspiracy was a nonstarter. >> and pierre, i know this is still a developing story, but any indication of how many others might be involved? >> reporter: diane, this case is active and ongoing. they are looking at potential suspects overseas and there could be more arrests right here at home. >> okay, pierre is standing by to...
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. >> reporter: the fbi said leo johnson confronted this man after he walked into the family research council headquarters and yelled "i don't like your politics." johnson was wounded and wrestled to the floor. the fbi said he carried 50 rounds of ammunition and told agents he was frustrated about homosexuals' treatment. in his recent support of chick-fil-a who recently voiced his opposition to gay marriage. late today, the council accused the civil rights group of using rhetoric that encharged the shooter. a charge they call outrageous. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> as we go on for the search for the winner of that giant jackpot we told you about last night. $337 million. one of the biggest prizes in power ball history. there was only one winning ticket and it was purchased in michigan. abc's john schriffen is there. good evening. >> reporter: diane, good evening. almost all of them nothing but garbage. however, there's still one ticket out there purchased at this gas station behind me that's as good as gold. it's the talk of the town. >> it's great. i just wish it was me.
. >> reporter: the fbi said leo johnson confronted this man after he walked into the family research council headquarters and yelled "i don't like your politics." johnson was wounded and wrestled to the floor. the fbi said he carried 50 rounds of ammunition and told agents he was frustrated about homosexuals' treatment. in his recent support of chick-fil-a who recently voiced his opposition to gay marriage. late today, the council accused the civil rights group of using rhetoric...
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. >>> target, new york, a mysterious new message from al qaeda online, the fbi searching for clues in this picture tonight. >>> big change, what the government did today that will help consumers know if their ground beef at the supermarket contains that filler critics call "pink slime." >>> and a real life batman unmavenged. the police pulled this man over and we find him and discover he is a super hero after all. >> good evening. as we come on the air tonight, seven million people in dallas and forth worth have been living through an assault by giant tornadoes. at first it looks like paper flying through the air, but those are tractor trailers tossed through the sky. the storm snapped power lines, and the schools are on lock down. fright end children huddling against the wall. >> reporter: rampaged through dallas neighborhoods and peeling walls off buildings. >> take cover. >> reporter: these residents run for cover. >> get in the house! >> reporter: in one arlington school, students ordered to duck and cover. the national weather service called at least two tornadoes, large and extr
. >>> target, new york, a mysterious new message from al qaeda online, the fbi searching for clues in this picture tonight. >>> big change, what the government did today that will help consumers know if their ground beef at the supermarket contains that filler critics call "pink slime." >>> and a real life batman unmavenged. the police pulled this man over and we find him and discover he is a super hero after all. >> good evening. as we come on the air...
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. >>> now, we move on for a plea for help from the fbi. the agency today identified four men, all fugitives, each with a $1 million bounty on his head. they are accused in the death of the u.s. border patrol agent. all part of the operation called "fast sand furious." the government program that went terribly wrong. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: you are looking at the men fbi says gunned down border patrol agent brian terry and ignited the controversy known as the fast and furious. >> brian terry was truly an agent's agent. we will not rest until these individuals are brought to justice. >> reporter: the irony is the u.s. government is pulling out all the stops to solve a murder it apparently contributed to by putting guns in the hands of terry's killers. and today we learned much more about how terry died. december 14th, 2010, just after 11:00 a.m., ten miles north of the mexican border in arizona. agent terry and his team are on the lookout for drug smugglers. an electronic sensor alerts terry someone is coming his way. >> wit
. >>> now, we move on for a plea for help from the fbi. the agency today identified four men, all fugitives, each with a $1 million bounty on his head. they are accused in the death of the u.s. border patrol agent. all part of the operation called "fast sand furious." the government program that went terribly wrong. here's abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: you are looking at the men fbi says gunned down border patrol agent brian terry and ignited the controversy known...
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they then sped off in a white kia van, with what the fbi now says is a significant amount of cash. the bomb looked convincing enough, but when the bomb squad finally detonated it -- it turned out to be fake. you can see the front entrance of this branch has all the security measures you'd expect, but the robbers used a side entrance here where there are no cameras. they appear to have known enough about the bank's security to avoid getting their pictures taken. the bank robbers clearly did their homework. so how often do you catch these guys? >> 60% of the time we're able to identify the victims and catch them. >> reporter: so 40% of the time, the bank robbers get away? >> well, 60% of the time they do get caught. >> reporter: with no surveillance pictures to go by, the fbi's strongest lead may be the branch manager. that's her being walked out to safety. she's now in protective custody. and the manhunt is on for those two masked men. david wright, abc news, los angeles. >>> coming up right here, isaac strikes again. the storm in the gulf, coming back for more. 8% every 10 years. w
they then sped off in a white kia van, with what the fbi now says is a significant amount of cash. the bomb looked convincing enough, but when the bomb squad finally detonated it -- it turned out to be fake. you can see the front entrance of this branch has all the security measures you'd expect, but the robbers used a side entrance here where there are no cameras. they appear to have known enough about the bank's security to avoid getting their pictures taken. the bank robbers clearly did...
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the fbi and nypd are suddenly back, now believing it is possible etan never got further than his own block that morning. dozens of agents today preparing to dig out a basement in a nearby building along the path the boy took that morning. abc news has learned that in recent days, a carpenter who once worked in that building has now been questioned. a cadaver dog brought to the r carpent carpenter's workshop picked up a scent. and that's why today, with search warrant in hand, they were back. >> looking at what the warrant indicates, for either human remains or personal effects, clothing. >> reporter: it's believed that carpenter had been friendly with the boy all those years ago, actually giving etan a dollar for helping him, the night before he disappeared. authorities never searched that basement and charges were never brought in the case. tonight, back in that soho neighborhood of new york, the patz family is still there, still torn. the father, sitting down with abc news, a little more than two years ago. >> i still gag with the fear that this child must have felt. when he realiz
the fbi and nypd are suddenly back, now believing it is possible etan never got further than his own block that morning. dozens of agents today preparing to dig out a basement in a nearby building along the path the boy took that morning. abc news has learned that in recent days, a carpenter who once worked in that building has now been questioned. a cadaver dog brought to the r carpent carpenter's workshop picked up a scent. and that's why today, with search warrant in hand, they were back....
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the fbi said one of the most feared hackers has been an informant, spilling secrets that led agents to bust a notorious hacking ring, that had announced its intentions through videos, like you see here. and was responsible for major break-ins of government and corporate computer systems. the fbi says the informant is a programmer living on welfare in new york. >>> and we now know that all those tornadoes were $2 billion twisters. that's the estimate damage insurers will be asked to pay. but the human toll, of course, is calculable. including a mom, using her intuition to save her family. abc's matt gutman found her. >> reporter: before she saw this monster chewing up henryville, indiana, stephanie dekker heard it. >> i knew it was coming. i knew just staying in your home, wasn't going to work. >> reporter: grabbing her son, and 5-year-old daughter, she dove into the basement. combining grit with good sense, she grabbed a comforter, wrapping them up and covering them with her body. >> my daughter's like, i don't like this. i know, honey. i could see the wind. i could see it blowing. and
the fbi said one of the most feared hackers has been an informant, spilling secrets that led agents to bust a notorious hacking ring, that had announced its intentions through videos, like you see here. and was responsible for major break-ins of government and corporate computer systems. the fbi says the informant is a programmer living on welfare in new york. >>> and we now know that all those tornadoes were $2 billion twisters. that's the estimate damage insurers will be asked to...
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why the fbi is investigating tonight and that's next. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's...
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now, officials worry, by the time the officials from the fbi get to the site, it will have been picked clean, george. >> such a dangerous situation right now. okay, jake, thank you. >>> and at the united nations today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu took place with a new and pretty low tech prop. you see that drawing of a bomb, designed to make his point that iran's nuclear program must be stopped before the moment next year where they'll be able to build a bomb. he argued that iran will back down if the world tries a clear red line. >>> and today, the nation's top doctors at the centers for disease control sounded the alarm about this year's flu season, which starts next month. they urged every american to consider getting a flu shot, saying that even though last year's season was mild, this year's could be, quote, unpredictable. about 42% of us get a flu shot each year. half as many as the cdc sugge suggests. they urged all pregnant women, those over the age of 65 and children over 6 months. >>> and we move on now to good news for professional football fans. the ref reache
now, officials worry, by the time the officials from the fbi get to the site, it will have been picked clean, george. >> such a dangerous situation right now. okay, jake, thank you. >>> and at the united nations today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu took place with a new and pretty low tech prop. you see that drawing of a bomb, designed to make his point that iran's nuclear program must be stopped before the moment next year where they'll be able to build a bomb. he...
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it's not a museum relic. >> reporter: abc news has learned fbi agents planned to make a replica of the newly recovered underwear bomb, and send it through airport security, testing homeland security, janet napolitano's statement today. >> all things considered, there's a high likelihood it would have been detected. >> reporter: the tsa touts a layered approach, starting with prescreening of who is flying, looking for the overly nervous, body and luggage scanners, and 700 randomly deployed canine patrols, trained to sniff out explosives of all kind. but dogs are not a fail-safe because of a high number of false positives. >> no one of these things is a magic solution. but taken together, they reduce the risk very substantially of a successful attack. >> the department of homeland security says it's been working to deploy the body scanners at its warehouse. the delay was caused by smaller airports unable to fit them immediately, they say. but since the congressional investigators were there in february, only two of the advance bomb-detecting scanners remain in that warehouse. >> thanks s
it's not a museum relic. >> reporter: abc news has learned fbi agents planned to make a replica of the newly recovered underwear bomb, and send it through airport security, testing homeland security, janet napolitano's statement today. >> all things considered, there's a high likelihood it would have been detected. >> reporter: the tsa touts a layered approach, starting with prescreening of who is flying, looking for the overly nervous, body and luggage scanners, and 700...
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the entire situation, the fbi investigation, as well as the affair. general petraeus called the national security adviser, said he wanted to talk to the president. at that meeting yesterday, he offered to resign. president obama thought about it and today called petraeus and accepted that resignation. the new acting director of the cia will be the number two, the deputy director, with whom president obama has worked closely during the osama bin laden raid, planning, for instance, and he has the inside track. but this does come at an awkward time for the cia. they are going to be called to congress next week to talk about what went wrong at benghazi and, of course, the cia is under constant pressure because of the threat of terrorist attack, diane. >> thank you, jake. and jake will be back in a moment on other news. first, we turn to abc's david muir who brings us the personal story of the general and his wife. >> reporter: david petraeus was in many respects the public face of the wars. the highly decorated general often appearing before congress, one
the entire situation, the fbi investigation, as well as the affair. general petraeus called the national security adviser, said he wanted to talk to the president. at that meeting yesterday, he offered to resign. president obama thought about it and today called petraeus and accepted that resignation. the new acting director of the cia will be the number two, the deputy director, with whom president obama has worked closely during the osama bin laden raid, planning, for instance, and he has the...
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. >>> in cold blood, the fbi decides to investigate the case of that florida teen gunned down by a neighborhood watchman. >>> and we track down a key witness who was never questioned by police. >>> and the wonder drug is aspirin. big news tonight. can aspirin help prevent cancer? >>> and mystery re-opened. 75 years after amelia earhart disappears, look closely as this new clue. it has hillary clinton on the case. from abc news, this is abc "world news" with diane sawyer. >>> good evening. we begin with breaking news on the massive earthquake hours ago in mexico. here is the moment it struck in mexico city, frightened workers frieding out the quake. one person said we didn't know whether to run or fall on the floor. out on the streets, mothers comforted their children until the quake passed. it seemed forever as a highway bridge was no match for the quake. a car was pulverized. the epicenter of the quake was 115 miles outside the beach resort of acapulco and thousands of american travelers are in the quake zone there. one of them, the president's oldest daughter and the white house weighed in on
. >>> in cold blood, the fbi decides to investigate the case of that florida teen gunned down by a neighborhood watchman. >>> and we track down a key witness who was never questioned by police. >>> and the wonder drug is aspirin. big news tonight. can aspirin help prevent cancer? >>> and mystery re-opened. 75 years after amelia earhart disappears, look closely as this new clue. it has hillary clinton on the case. from abc news, this is abc "world...
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the last three witnesses will be three fbi agents and one for financial supporter of edwards' campaign. one that is missing from that list is rielle hunter. now it's up to edwards' defense to call her in to testify. >> if they do, thank you bob woodruff. >>> and a legal settlement to tell you about tonight. arising out of the tragedicy in philadelphia. a badge charging into the tourist boat. the families of the two tourists who died will be splitting $15 million. the owners of the toushist boat and the tug boat agreed to make the payments. >>> coming up here, what the government said today about x-rays. the age in which they begin and how many are too many in a lifetime. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways to help us get there. they helped me fix my economy, the one in my house. now they're managing my investments for me. and with fidelity, getting back on track was easier than i thought. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get one-on-one help from ameri
the last three witnesses will be three fbi agents and one for financial supporter of edwards' campaign. one that is missing from that list is rielle hunter. now it's up to edwards' defense to call her in to testify. >> if they do, thank you bob woodruff. >>> and a legal settlement to tell you about tonight. arising out of the tragedicy in philadelphia. a badge charging into the tourist boat. the families of the two tourists who died will be splitting $15 million. the owners of...